Hipster culture mixes styles, tastes and ways of behaving.[4] Christian Lorentzen of Time Out New York says that hipsters copy many styles, including beat, hippie, punk, and grunge.[5] Lorentzen says that hipsters are mostly white 18- to 34-year old people.

In a Huffington Post article entitled "Who's a Hipster?", Julia Plevin says that it hard to define who is a hipster.[6]

As hipsters moved into suburbs near New York City, The New York Times made up the new word "Hipsturbia" to describe how hipsters live in suburbs.